Nurse practitioners to help strengthen primary care
A new program will support nurse practitioners to work independently and provide Albertans with more access to primary care clinics.
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A new program will support nurse practitioners to work independently and provide Albertans with more access to primary care clinics.
Alberta hopes incentivizing nurse practitioners in the province with a new pay model will help support the residents without a family doctor.
The funding provided is based on the number of patients on a physician's panel. The minimum number of continual patients required to receive payments is 500.
Alberta Health announces Panel Management Support Program
Family doctors will soon receive additional payments to help manage an increasing number of patients.